Nomocharis

Nomocharis was a genus of flowering plants in the family Liliaceae. It consisted of about 7 species native to montane regions of western China, Myanmar, and northern India.^[1] They are similar to Lilium, with one of the more obvious differences being the flowers being more shallow or sometimes flat.^[2]

Lilium apertum, formerly Nomocharis aperta

Taxonomy

As of October 2024^[update] it is listed as a synonym of Lilium by Plants of the World Online,^[3] World Flora Online,^[4] and World Plants.^[5] In the early 2000s some authorities were treating Nomocharis as a group embedded within Lilium, rather than as a separate genus.^[1][6] Similarly in 2021 the United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service listed it as "Usually considered a synonym of Lilium."^[7]

Species

The 10 species formerly placed in this genus by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families in 2014 were:^[8]

• Nomocharis aperta (Franch.) W.W.Sm. & W.E.Evans
• Nomocharis basilissa Farrer ex W.E.Evans
• Nomocharis farreri (W.E.Evans) Cox
• Nomocharis georgei W.E.Evans
• Nomocharis gongshanensis Y.D.Gao & X.J.He
• Nomocharis meleagrina Franch.
• Nomocharis oxypetala (D.Don) E.H.Wilson
• Nomocharis pardanthina Franch.
• Nomocharis saluenensis Balf.f.
• Nomocharis synaptica Sealy